Peacekeeping in the Western Balkans – Experiences from an Irish Perspective

Guest Speaker: Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Brendan O’Shea

Time: 4pm

Date: Thursday, November 29th.

Venue: Room 203 (Foundation Building).

Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Brendan O’Shea is a member of the Irish Defence Forces with 27 years military service. He has served in the Middle East on four occasions with UNIFIL and UNTSO and in Former Yugoslavia with the European Community Monitor Mission, later he served with the OSCE as an International Election Observer and as Chief Operations Officer with the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). He is currently employed in UNTSI (United Nations Training School Ireland) one of the constituent schools of the National Military College, where he lectures. He is an expert in CIMIC (Civilian Military Cooperation) and also teaches Peacekeeping Theory and Practice at the National UN Training Schools in Ireland, Canada, and Germany.